In the comment part, add a note:
Make real world/personal connections to topic (can say 'I' and 'Me'), DO NOT DISCUSS TEXT HERE. Around 3-4 sentences. Make this beyond the realm of philiology.
On back of sheet number the bullets on the back (Transitions) 1-7.
No transitions needed A to C.
C to E, use transition 2.
Between the two PEEs use transition 1 or 3.
Between E and S, use transition 4
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"Crystal Pillars and Empty Seas":
Symbolism in Ray Bradbury's
"Ylla"
(A)The symbols in Ray Bradbury's "Ylla" emphasizes the life of the protagonist wishes she had. (C) It is not uncommon for people to adorn themselves in images that represent their aspirations, and I am no different. I have covered one of my jackets with a number of pins - mostly relating to Batman and rock music- that reflect my fantasies of rock-stardom and heroism. In fact, certain rooms in my house are likewise decorated- as is my classroom. (E) (P1) In the same way, the symbolic setting in Bradbury's story, which includes a crystal, flower-like house in a desert of empty bodies of water, emphasizes Ylla's unhappy life and- by contrast- the life she wishes she had, for the Ks live by "an empty sea", a "dead sea"(2), surrounded by "old canals filled with emptiness and dreams" (7) in " a house of crystal pillars" (1), filled with "amber glass" (12) and "caged flowers" (11), that is "like a giant flower" (5). (E2) Like the flowers, Mrs. K is caged- imprisoned- in a marriage that has no joy or love. She and her husband are "not happy now" (2). He tells her when to go to town(6) and when to stay home (11). The empty seas and canals- the very desert- reflect the isolation she feels in her life, as her husband spends most of his time on mysterious trips to the city (6) or isolated in his room with his book of songs (3). Ylla herself is represented as glass, as she often is standing "between pillars" (2) or picking "up the pieces...of shattered glass" "with no success" (13) to represent her life and dreams, which are forever incorrigible. (P2) Furthermore, some symbols represent Ylla's hope for love - a love she expects to come from the sky. (E1) At the beginning of the story, Mrs.K "watched the blue sky..as if it might...expel a shining miracle"(2), and, later, with her husband, "She watched only the sky"(7). She also finds herself humming and singing a love song "over and over again" (5) but later finds that she has "forgotten it" (13). (E2) She first begins humming the song after a dream of Nathaniel York arriving in his rocket, and she then becomes very focused on the heavens, which reflects the hope she has some "miracle" (2) to free her from her frustrating marital imprisonment. The song, Ben Jonson's "Song to Celia", shows her subconscious longing for love in a loveless life. After her husband kills Nathaniel York and Bert, his mate, she cries over the loss of the song from her mind, as she now has lost what seemed to be her last hope from romance. (S) As a result of his skilful use of symbolism, Bradbury thus emphasizes Ylla's dreams of a better life.
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